What follows is a whining blog from a
bitter clinger. You may wish to skip it.
Being interested in politics and the
world my grandchildren will grow into, I read a lot of political “stuff” and
Facebook postings. In addition, I try to maintain a circle of friends and acquaintances with different
viewpoints. This from my belief you shouldn’t spend all your time with those
who already agree with you.
What I’m hearing and reading from the women’s
point of view is I’m irrelevant. We (women) are going to win, you (men) are
going to lose, so just shuffle off somewhere Grandpa and shut up. Oh, but feel
free to keep your wallet open so you can expunge some of the guilt we’ve
assigned you.
Given the results of the last two
Presidential elections, they may be right. As they savor their victory, they
will ignore one of the founding principals of this country. That is protection
of minorities (of any kind) from the tyranny of majorities. We are a Republic,
not a Democracy.
In almost every situation where there is
a winner and a loser, the winner, if wise, strives to keep the goodwill of the
loser. It seems to me that our country has become a land of scorched earth,
winners take all, and losers get fucked. I hear this loud and clear from Shillary's supporters.
As sure as the sun rises, there will
come a time when national unity will be needed for us to survive as a nation. My
fear is national unity will never again occur. I can't see any President, current or now in the running, who has the stature to accomplish it.
As I look around, I realize the country I
grew up in, worked and paid taxes, voted, served in the Armed Forces and all
the other citizen’s punch card requirements is gone. What it is now is not something I can
believe in. I’m rapidly reaching a point where I will look after me and mine
and the hell with anyone else.
That I can even contemplate that attitude
saddens me more than I can express. I’ve always believed if you are going to
bitch about a problem, you damn well should be able to offer a solution or just
keep your mouth shut. I have no solution other than to continue to protest,
vote for those candidates that pass my smell test, and rant on social media.
YMMV
8 comments:
I reached the point of taking care of me and mine ahead of everything else quite awhile ago.
I may even vote this year, though. Although I don't like most of the candidates so far, and I actively hate a couple of them, my plan is to vote against the most disgusting of them.
Although I also reached the point of believing that the results have already been decided and that we're being allowed to vote to keep up the pretense that we actually can affect the outcome.
It's been said by many people. If voting actually changed anything, it would not be legal.
. If voting actually changed anything, it would not be legal.
Roger that.
Voting matters. Even if you don't like someone personally, that is no reason not to vote. If the candidate has some good points and could make a difference, vote for him. You don't have to go to his house for dinner. Just support him. I don't like Trump at all, but if he is the candidate that will go against Socialism, I will vote for him Not voting is a vote for the other side. Personally, even though I do not like Trump, I wish we had 100 more like him in Congress. To hell with all the PC shit. Call a spade a spade and get this country back on track.
Colorado has gone to mail ballots. Makes voter fraud easier for the (P)regressives. Have the ballot for the City election on my desk. I always vote. Haven't missed one election since I turned 21. Don't know if it matters in the great scheme of things but it matters to me.
We're only irrelevant until they need money... sigh
Truth.
I'm with you on the scorched earth thing. Neither side seems willing to compromise. I remember Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill somehow making things work, even when neither got exactly what his side wanted. I miss that.
According to Dick Morris, Bill Clinton used what Morris calls triangulation. In Colorado, the late Ken Gordon used the same idea. Sanity prevailed.
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